You know what really grinds my gears?

[AuburnAlumni]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

What grinds my gears? Having a sewage drain backup at 10 o'clock at night...have a plumber here for about 30 min...and get billed 475.00.

I am in the wrong freaking industry.

[Majingir]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

What grinds my gears? Having a sewage drain backup at 10 o'clock at night...have a plumber here for about 30 min...and get billed 475.00.

I am in the wrong freaking industry.

Any type of housework it's always hard to find good quality for good price.

You either pay alot for good quality people, or don't pay much and get cheap quality.

Only times you can get good quality for good price, is if you end up knowing that person personally(cause they're a neighbor,friend,relative or something)

[snepp]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

What grinds my gears? Having a sewage drain backup at 10 o'clock at night...have a plumber here for about 30 min...and get billed 475.00.

I am in the wrong freaking industry.

Costs about $160 here for the same after-hours service like that.

[gopher_guy]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

When people mess up a/an.

"a obvious penalty"

*cringe*

[Blzer]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

When people mess up a/an.

"a obvious penalty"

*cringe*

The one everybody screws up...

"a homework assignment"

Yikes!

[SuperBowlNachos]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

The one everybody screws up...

"a homework assignment"

Yikes!

Are you saying it shouldn't be 'a'?

[BurghFan]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

Are you saying it shouldn't be 'a'?

I always thought the rule was use "a" if the following word begins with a consonant sound and use "an" if the following word begins with a vowel sound.

[Bellsprout]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

Nothing about "an homework" looks or sounds correct and I'd be shocked if it was.

[Cabke]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

The one everybody screws up...

"a homework assignment"

Yikes!

Are you saying it shouldn't be 'a'?

The only time you put "an" in front of a word that starts with H is when the H is silent. "A homework assignment" is correct.

One would call this, "an honest mistake."

Source: https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/591/01/

[Blzer]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

I was half-joking. In the UK, it was customary to use "an" before any word that started with an "h," regardless of the sound of it. This transferred over to the US for a short while, then we ignored the rule and it has since been accepted to use it as it should be.

That's why I put "Yikes!" to be sarcastic. I don't think that really came across right.

[VTPack919]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

I was half-joking. In the UK, it was customary to use "an" before any word that started with an "h," regardless of the sound of it. This transferred over to the US for a short while, then we ignored the rule and it has since been accepted to use it as it should be.

That's why I put "Yikes!" to be sarcastic. I don't think that really came across right.

[Majingir]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

When construction work gets done on part of a street during busy time of the day.

A sidewalk I was walking on was blocked off not too far down from where I was walking, so by time I got to that point,I had to find a way around it(and basically walk halfway on the road to walk around it).

I honestly don't know what they were thinking when they decided to do this. This is a busy street, people walking on it at all times of the day ,and they block off part of the sidewalk and make it so hard for people to walk around(cause cars are always driving on the road,so it's hard to walk on the road to get around that part of the sidewalk)

The even funnier thing....It's blocking a couple of stores(their only entrance), so those store owners must be extremely mad, nobody can even get to their stores(and the stores are still open too lol).

[ubernoob]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

Fire. Go die in one, Tim. That was the first image I saw within about 10 minutes of waking up haha.

[Steven78]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

How about anyone that uses alot as one word! Bothers me. A lot is NEVER one word!!!

[AC]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

Spoiler

This photo grinds my gears SO. MUCH.